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Still Life with Nautilus Cup - Conservatorium Hotel

This is one of 4 still life images commissioned by The Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam.

It is a most beautiful hotel, in the museum district. The prints are quite large, I'll post photo's of them in a room soon. I have long wanted a Nautilus Cup, Claesz and Kalf both used them, but they are only to be found in museums and in the hands of very wealthy collectors. Yves Saint Laurent had a wonderful collection of Nautilus Cups and Pineapple Cups, one of his better Nautilus Cups sold for 500,000 Euros. Faced with those astronomical prices, little wonder I decided to make my own.

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Uploaded on December 19, 2012